Uncork'd President Keith Leopard made the deal with the filmmaker, who
made her debut on 2014’s Rebound, ahead of the European Film Market in
Berlin this week.

The provocative psychological thriller stars Deanna Russo (Being Human,
Gossip Girl) as Mary, who moves back to her suburban hometown after her
husband gets relocated for work. As her family ties up loose ends back
home, she moves into their new house alone. And although the move makes
Mary nostalgic for her youth, there’s something very sinister about that
Ice Cream Truck that patrols her suburb. Killing.

“Megan Freels Johnston has made a very scary but also very smart film”,
says Uncork’d President Keith Leopard. “The film also offers us a unique
and refreshing take on a genre dominated largely by men”.

Adds Leopard, “We’re excited to partner with Megan on what’s sure to be
an early chapter in her long and illustrious career. I’m very excited
about the release of The Ice Cream Truck.”

Says writer-director Megan Freels Johnston : "We are so excited to be
working with Uncork'd Entertainment on this film whose niche is a mix of
Art House and Horror Films, since The Ice Cream Truck strongly
represents both of those genres."

Storytelling is very much in Freels Johnston’s DNA. The granddaughter
of legendary crime writer Elmore Leonard, The Ice Cream Truck screenplay
was a semi-finalist in the Circus Road Screenplay competition.

As a producer developing material for over a decade, Freels Johnston
worked on adaptations of her grandfather's work and produced Sparks, the
directorial debut of Joseph Gordon-Levitt. After completing a project
for the USA Network, she decided to follow her passion and write and
direct her own material. Her first film, 2014’s micro budget thriller
Rebound, developed a cult following on VOD, was called, “Almost David
Lynchian in its strangeness” by Film Threat and Rue Morgue said, the
film "(was) worth watching to the end for the unnervingly realistic
twist ending."

The Ice Cream Truck also stars John Redlinger (Thirst,
Banshee), Emil Johnsen (Isolerad), Hilary Barraford (Go For Sisters),
Jeff Daniel Phillips (31) and Lisa Ann Walter (War of the Worlds).The Ice Cream Truck will be released in 2017.
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Uncork'd Entertainment’s recent releases include the supernatural
thriller THE COVENANT, the well-received HUNTING GROUNDS, starring Emmy
Winner Bill Oberst Jr, and GHOSTS OF DARKNESS, premiering on VOD in
March. The distrib’s upcoming releases include BORNLESS ONES, in
theaters and On Demand February 10, and BETHANY, from renowned filmmaker
James Cullen Bressack, released in April.

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